Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Buddy Knox	Storm Clouds	ST (mono)	02:02
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Matt Lucas*	Leave the Light On Baby	Matt Gets Blue	06:00
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Oscar* McLollie	Girl of Mine	ST	03:13
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Honky Tonk Woman	Love Serenade	03:30
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Just a Few Words	I'm a Song	03:10
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Bonnie Blue	You And I	02:20
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Matt Lucas*	Drunkard's Dream	Matt Gets Blue	02:56
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Albert Jones*	Every Little Thing That I Do	The Facts of Life	03:20
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Joe* Glazer	It Could be a Wonderful World	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:53
Albert Jones*	Mother Nature	The Facts of Life	02:48
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Livin' the Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	08:45
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Matt Lucas*	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billie Joe	Honky Tonk Angel	04:13
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up (The One I Love)	Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You	02:18
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

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The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

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The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

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Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

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Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

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